Staff Technical Program Manager - IT
Lambda· Data Center Business
Hybrid (San Francisco Office (Fremont St)), Hybrid (San Jose Office (First St))$278k - $325kFull-timePosted 2mo ago
About the role
Lambda seeks a Staff Technical Program Manager for IT within Business Technology to build and run the portfolio operating model for enterprise systems, integrations, data, and IT compliance across five pillars (Finance Systems, GTM Systems, Data Platform and Analytics, IT Operations, People Technology). This hands-on delivery role owns end-to-end programs, establishes cadence and governance, and partners with internal teams and external vendors.
Responsibilities
- Program Delivery: Own end-to-end program management for major system implementations across ERP, procurement, EPM, HRIS, treasury, and identity, coordinating internal teams, implementation partners, and vendors from contract signature through cutover, hypercare, and stabilization.
- Roadmap Operations: Run the Business Technology roadmap: maintain the portfolio plan, manage a unified intake and prioritization process, surface dependencies and resource conflicts across pillars, and keep the roadmap honest against team capacity.
- Portfolio Governance: Stand up lightweight portfolio governance: stage gates proportionate to program risk, RAID and decision logs, and a portfolio health view that gives the COO and CFO real-time visibility across all five pillars.
- SOX Program: Serve as the program manager for Business Technology's SOX ITGC readiness workstream: track control design and remediation milestones across in-scope systems (ERP, procurement, EPM, HRIS, identity), coordinate evidence requests with external auditors and advisors, and report readiness status against the design readiness deadline.
- Program Cadence: Build and operate the operating rhythm: weekly status, steering committees, executive readouts, and escalation paths that resolve blockers in days.
- Change Management: Design and operationalize formal change management for Business Technology systems, including release calendars, freeze windows, and evidence capture that satisfies ITGC requirements. Partner with our SOX and compliance programs so control design milestones are built into program plans rather than bolted on at the end.
- Cutover & Go-Live: Drive cutover and go-live planning: UAT tracking, readiness reviews, hypercare exit criteria, and post-launch retrospectives that actually change how the next program runs.
- Vendor & Partner Management: Manage implementation partner and vendor delivery: SOW milestones, burn tracking, change orders, and holding partners to committed outcomes.
- Executive Communication: Communicate program status to COO, CFO, and Audit Committee audiences with clarity: what shipped, what slipped, why, and what we are doing about it.
- AI-Enabled Program Operations: Continuously improve how Business Technology delivers: templates, playbooks, and tooling (Jira, Google Workspace, AI-assisted status collection and reporting) that reduce program overhead and make delivery faster.
Qualifications
- 8+ years in technical program management, with at least 4 years running enterprise application or business systems programs (ERP, CRM, HCM, procurement, EPM, or data platform). You have carried at least two large implementations end to end as the program owner, including cutover and hypercare, ideally with a Big 4 or boutique implementation partner on the other side of the table.
- Fluent enough in systems architecture, integrations, and data flows to challenge a technical plan, spot a hidden dependency, and know when an estimate is wrong.
- Have operated in a SOX or audit-facing environment and understand why change management, access controls, and evidence matter to a program plan. Experience working with external auditors is a strong plus.
- Run a tight operating cadence by default. Your programs have a single source of truth, current RAID logs, and no surprises in steering.
- Comfortable defining process from zero. You can take a team that runs on tribal knowledge and give it intake, prioritization, and delivery discipline without adding bureaucracy.
- Communicate exceptionally well upward and sideways. You can compress a messy multi-workstream program into one slide a CFO trusts.
- Adaptability: Comfortable with ambiguity and velocity. Priorities shift at a pre-IPO company, and you re-plan without drama.
- An enthusiastic, go-for-it attitude. When you see a program drifting, you can't help but grab it.
Skills
Required:Program managementSOX / ITGC complianceChange management
Benefits
- Health, dental, and vision coverage for you and your dependents
- Wellness and commuter stipends for select roles
- 401k Plan with 2% company match (USA employees)
- Flexible paid time off plan that we all actually use
Last updated Oct 1, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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